Complicated grief

Complicated grief is marked by the presence of symptoms — such as intrusive thoughts of the deceased, yearning and/or searching for the deceased, and excessive loneliness since the death — experienced daily or to a marked degree for at least 6 months, causing clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning.

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